Rail-chair.



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RAIL CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJ, 1914.

1,145,272. r Patente July 6, 1915.

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RAIL CHMR.

APPLICATION FILED AueJ. 1914.'

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Patented July 6,1915.

rrE STATES orrroe. 9

L A S AF R. 0 HASTINGS, were RAIL-CHAIR.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. SGHAFER, citizen of the United States, residing at Hastings, in the county of Barry and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Chairs, of which. the following is a specification.

This invention relateslto new and useful improvements in rail chairs, and as its principal object aims to provide a device of this character in which the base plate is equipped with relatively long bolt receiving openings or slots so located that the spikes by, which the chair is secured to the tie may be. properly driveninto the sleepers even though the sleepers be irregularly disposed along the road-bed.

are appended hereto and form The above recited and other incidental objects of a similar nature, which'will be-here- .inafter more specifically treated, are accoinplishedby such means as are illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, descrlbed'ln the following, specification, and then more particularly pointed outin the claims, which a part of this application.

With reference to the drawings, wherein there has been illustrated the preferred embodiment of this invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several views of which similar reference characters desig-' nate corresponding parts, Figure '1 is a detail perspective view, illustrating my rail chair as applied to the abutting terminals of two rails; Fig. 2 is a section taken transversely through the chair at a point between two of the connecting bolts; Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken through the chair and at a point immediately adjacent one of the connecting bolts; Fig. 4 is a section on the line H of Fig. '3; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary topoplan View of the chair with a rail positioned thereon,- a portion of the rail tread being broken away to more clearly disclose the manner in which the web of the rail is interposed between. the fish plates; and Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the chair with the removable fish plate in disassembled relation to the other fish plate and base plate which is formed integrally therewith.

In the embodiment of. the invention shown in the accompanyin drawings, the rail chair is shown as applied to the meeting terminals of a pair of rails A and B. Essenal y, e c a n e e ase pl e 10,

' of the member the intermediate PatentedJuIyG, 1911 Ap plication filed Aug 7,1914- Seria1N-855,669 if I i I v and a pair of clamping plates or fish plates 11 and 12.

The

gular and is formed integrally member l2,'as shown in the drawings. A

base plate 10 is substantially .rectank if side wall 13 connects the lateral portion 14 l.

nal edge of the base plate 10; 3 ms a abutm t f i ene gitud na dg o t e il se hen" v d B e a e in theche fl verti Q P Tti 0 he mem rfl i fllr d out, as indicated at '16, in order to produce leat y r o ng udi y ex n ing, pp ng b o ps hich are adapted h 'members with lqng wdr h 'm m-ber t ainst the eb 118. bf th mes and B, in the manner The sh Pl t 11 whichis. asp awtuy s a para y te 1; e em v ble liOwn best. i f 3' from the member '10, providedfwithia vertical portion lQifOI'met i similarly to the .vertlcal port on of the member 12, being.

cored, out, as it is longitudinal ribs or noted in Fig. 50f. the the weakening ofthe li s 21. As 111 be draw gs"p r l larly p r on 120 makes. it 3109 at 20, to: produce the members. 11 and 12 at sible for the bolts which""are inserted manner, to be hereinafter described toffleiz" thefiSl Plates inwardly at their longitudi- (Ii e t r S a f tainla g ater clamping action than could otherwise be had. The lateral portion 22 of the removable fish plate 11 is in width'equalto the distance from the edge of'the rail adjacent fac'e'of the rail web. The purpose in thus forming the "member 22 isto permit spikes 23 to be driven through cheapertures 24 'of thebase pl'ate'into the tiej25 in such ofboth the rail. base and will thus be seen that the spikesf23'serve not only -as a means for holding the fish p'late 11 in proper relation 'to the rail base but base] 15 [to the position; as to engage with the edges member 22; It

that they also prevent thelateral movement of the r il base and the basepla'te 10 with the chalr; l v

Spikes 26, which are employed in properly securing the opposite side of the rail chairon the ties, shown in Fig. 1,

for in Pa s-adja ent ea hn of the member 14 and at the outer edge thereof.

connecting [the vertical portions of the fish plates 11 and 12 to each other, I employ a plurality of bolts 28. These bolts 28 are passed through registering apertures 29 formed in the vertical portions of the members 11 and 12 and the web 18 of the rails A and B. Metal Washers 30 are interposed between the heads of the bolts and the removable fish plate 11. Similar Washers 31 are mounted on the threaded terminals of openings are of the proper driving of the the bolts and are engaged by the nuts 32 Which, upon being threaded home upon the bolts, properly engage the vertical and base portions of the fish plates 11 or 12 with the web and base portions of the rails A and B.

At the terminals of the base plate and immediately adjacent the free longitudinal edge therof are formed two slots or elongated openings 33 which are designed to receive the spikes by which the base plate 10 of the chair is secured to the tie. It may be stated that I have found that the particularshape of the spike receiving openings 33 in connection with the spike openings% and recesses 27 constitute one of the most important features of my invention. In this connection it will be observed that the open ings 33, being elongated and formed in the justed longitudinally as regards their location to the base plate in such manner that compensation may be readily made for any irregularities in the laying of the ties or sleepers on the road-bed.

In many instances, particularly when the road-bed is constructed from crushed rock and the like, it is impossible to lay the ties in exact parallel relation, and in some instances the divergence of the ties with respect to each other is alarmingly frequent. In road-beds so constructed, it becomes quite a problem to properly drive the spikes into the ties since in the ordinary rail chairs the sufficient size to merely admit the spikes without providing any room in which they may be longitudinally adto the chair. In this justed with respect invention, however, the spikes positioned at the free edge of the base plate 10 may be longitudinally adjusted as regards their location, so that should any of the ties be in non-parallel relation, the spikes 23, being shiftable, may be properly inserted in the desired portion of the tie. Also, it is possible, because of the provision at each end of the member 1 1 of a pair of notches 27, to adjust the spikes 26 when applying them to the tie. The same feature will be noted in connection with the pairs of openings 24:. It may now be explained that even though the ties are laid with unusual irregularity at least one of the notches 27 will be in such position with respect to the tie as to permit spike.

In reduction to practice, it has been found slots, the other realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of this device will necessarily vary, it is desirable to emphasize the fact that various'minor' changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is 1. A rail chair including a base-plate having elongated slots formed adjacent its terminal and in proximity to one longitudinal edge, the base plate being also provided with pairs of spaced apertures adjacent each terminal, whichapertures are located adjacent said slots and are spaced inwardly there from, and a pair of co-acting fish-plates adapted to engage against opposite sides of a rail placed upon the base-plate, the first of said fish-plates being formed integrally with and extending inwardly from that longitudinal edge of the base plate opposite to said fish-plate being removable, and spikes insertible through the said apertures of the base plate for securing the fish plates to the sleepers and for holding the removable fish plate in position.

2. A rail chair including a substantially rectangular base plate having an elongated slot formed adjacent each terminal and in proximity to one longitudinal edge, there being pairs of spaced apertures formed at the terminal portions of the base-plate and in proximity to, but inwardly spaced from, the said slots, a pair of co-acting fish-plates, one of which is formed integrally with and extends inwardly from that longitudinal edge of the base-plate which is opposed to the said slots, the lateral portion of said integral fish plate being provided adjacent each terminal with pairs of spaced recesses adapted to receive the heads of spikes, the other of said fish plates being removable, having a lateral portion of a width equal to the distance from one face of the rail web to the adjacent longitudinal edge of the base portion of the rail, and spikes inserted through the apertures of the base, said spikes serving to secure the base-plate to the sleepers and to hold the removable fish plate in engagement with the rail.

3. A rail chair including a base plate and a pair of coacting fish plates, each of said fish plates being of uniform thickness throughout its length and provided on its inner face with a plurality of longitudinally spaced and longitudinally extending recesses having their outer terminals spaced from the ends of the plate, the said recesses serving to weaken the fish plate at intermee In testimony whereofI afiix my signature diate points and bolts connecting the fish in presence of two witnesses. plates at the weakened portions thereof whereby the intermdiate portions of the M SCHAFER' 5 plates may be flexed inwardly when applied Witnesses:

to a rail for grippingly engaging against MYRTLE SMITH,

the web thereof. JAMES M. SMITH.

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